It wasn't just that, DUmmies. Yes, the porkulus bill was just over $800 billion. Couple that with the over $700 billion TARP bill (yes, I know Bush signed it, but he couldn't have had a DEMOCRAT-controlled Congress not passed it) and the $450 billion omnibus bill right after porkulus, and the over $5 TRILLION in new debt in under 3 years--funny how you never hear about "record deficits" in the MSM anymore--and NOW you're talking some serious money.
And what did all that do? Can you get a refi from the bank with less than a 780 FICO? Get a home loan at all? Business loans? Are people hiring, or are they hunkering down, getting ready for the shitstorm of regulation that's about to hit in 2013 when 1--the "Bush tax cut extension" expires, 2--the onerous regulations and taxes from Obamacare start rolling in?
I'm gonna tell you something that you're not going to like. In fact, I KNOW you're gonna hate it, DUmmies. Want to create jobs?
Get rid of the ****ing Democrats. All of them. Get government off our ****ing backs. Out of our lives, out of our workplaces. Should we be entitled to a safe workplace? Sure--but OSHA, the EPA, and every other alphabet agency has to stick their noses into the workplace and make it so damned near impossible to comply that people have simply given up. Easier to sit on one's ass than try to please those who will never be pleased.